single man
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“There isn’t a single man or woman at the Department of Justice who had anything to do with those prosecutions,” Blanche said to cheers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
“There wasn’t a single man I met who didn’t respond when I said, can I talk to you about your friends?” says McCarthy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
A will from 2019 mentions that he’s a single man and leaves his residual estate to six children.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025
I was a single man and I ended up living back with my family in Afghanistan.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2024
He was a single man, and my mother was a widow only thirty-six years old.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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